Photo winner's close-up shots
By Xinxin Xue
The world of insects has been evocatively and painstakingly captured by Satoshi Kuribuyashi, a 67-year-old freelance photographer, who won this year’s Lennart Nilsson Award.
The prize recognizes excellence in scientific photography and is awarded annually to people who make an outstanding contribution to this field of photography. Kuribuyashi’s techniques include special optical devices fitted to photographic equipment, which significantly increase the magnification of the insects he studies.
His images have provided new insights into the earth’s many ecosystems and have shown how much insects actually have in common with people. The Lennart Nilsson Award will be presented to Kuribyashi at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 2 November 2006.
The prize recognizes excellence in scientific photography and is awarded annually to people who make an outstanding contribution to this field of photography. Kuribuyashi’s techniques include special optical devices fitted to photographic equipment, which significantly increase the magnification of the insects he studies.
His images have provided new insights into the earth’s many ecosystems and have shown how much insects actually have in common with people. The Lennart Nilsson Award will be presented to Kuribyashi at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 2 November 2006.
Click on any of the thumbnails below to see a larger image - they're un-bee-lievable (honk!).
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Rhinoceros beetle
Allomyrina dichotoma
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Honeybee
Apis mellifera
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Mulberry longicorn beetle
Apriona japonica
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Mulberry longicorn beetle
Apriona japonica
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Japanese tiger beetle
Cicindela japonica
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Migratory locust
Locusta migratoria
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Japanese harvester ant
Messor aciculatus
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Lacewing
Nacaura matsumurae
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Giant preying mantis
Paratenodera aridifolia
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Japanese hornet
Vespa mandarina
Your say:
"Boy, am I glad I'm not an aphid - the world would be terrifying!"
Nick, Salisbury, UK
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